Unidentified lapel pin, not listed in De Waal. Round pin design shows Holmes and Watson side by side with the text above "100 Years Sherlock Holmes 1887 1987."
Created:
1987
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Lapel pin of the Chester Baskerville Society, a Sherlockian scion society of the Baker Street Irregulars in Chester, Illinois. The society received permission from KFS to use Popeye Holmes as their mascot as Chester is the birthplace of Elsie Segar, creator of the Popeye the Sailorman character.
Created:
1989
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Lapel pin in the shape of a deerstalker hat. According to Holmesian historian Jon Lellenberg the pin came from Copenhagen, Denmark and was given to John Bennett Shaw by Bjarne Nielsen. Nielsen, a Scandinavian Sherlockian, happened to see it in a jewelry store window, went in, bought all the deerstalker pins they had, and gave them to friends. It...
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.
Lapel pin featuring a depiction of Sherlock Holmes in deerstalker hat, Inverness cape, and magnifying glass with the acronym H.O.L.M.E.S. at the bottom of the pin. The acronym HOLMES may stand for Home Office Large Major Enquiry System, a UK police information system
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Special Collections and Rare Books.